ValleyFest, an Arkansas River Valley annual tradition for 22 years, has been canceled for 2012, but some of the events associated with the festival will continue on their own.

“We will be hosting an event at the Boys and Girls Club to recognize our sponsors,” Boys and Girls Club of the Arkansas River Valley executive director Cathy Andrasik said about having an event this year. “We have also spoken with representatives of Pope County Fair Grounds with positive reception.”

Laurie Driver, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District spokesperson, said Andrasik was notified before last year’s event that Old Post Park would not be an option for this year.

“The Corps felt ValleyFest had outgrown the infrastructure of Old Post Park,” Driver said. “We (Corps) were under the impression that the event would continue to grow and that the park could not accommodate an event of that size.”

Driver said the Corps told Andrasik it would work with the Boys and Girls Club to host portions of the event at the park, and as of Friday had not received notification from the club requesting use of the facility this year.

“They did meet with us and we gave them an operational procedure, and they told us we wouldn’t be able to have the event there the following year,” Andrasik said. “At that point we thought if we work well with them, we would still be able to have it.”

Andrasik said the Corps of Engineers suggested she fill out a different form requesting use of the facility to host a fundraiser for a nonprofit. She did, but said a representative of the Corps told them during last year’s wrap up meeting the event would need to relocate.

“We plan to continue events that were previously held during ValleyFest — such as our 5K run/walk, pickleball tournament, tennis tournament, disc golf tournament, Tour De Valley [in memory of Sam Avery] and 3 on 3 basketball tournament,” Andrasik said. “We won’t begin planning until June. We did meet with the chairman of each event, and everyone is on board to run those events.”

Last year event organizers added more carnival rides, a disc golf tournament and brought in a temporary stage for country singer Travis Tritt.